When David Lanz was christened on 23 October 1718, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Ulrich Lanz, was 11715 and his mother, Dorothea Huber, was 39.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Gebhard, Hans, Sepp.
South German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Lanzo, originally a short form of various compound names with the first element lant ‘land, territory’, but later used as an independent name. This surname is also found in France (Alsace).
German: metonymic occupational name from Middle High German lanze ‘lance’ for a maker of those weapons.
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